Robert Ghrist Named Inaugural Faculty Co-Director of the Office of Penn First Plus Students

Robert Ghrist, Andrea Mitchell University Professor in Electrical and Systems Engineering, has been named an inaugural co-director of the Office of Penn First Plus Students. The Office, established in the spring, is designed to to support first-generation and low-income students. There, undergraduate students can form a vibrant community, learn more about resources, and connect with faculty and alumni.

Firooz Aflatouni, Skirkanich Assistant Professor in ESE, has been awarded both a NASA grant to improve satellite communication and a Young Investigator Award from the Office of Naval Research. Aflatouni's research interests include high speed integrated circuits, electronic-photonic co-design, and silicon photonics with applications in imaging, sensing, communications, Radar, LIDAR, and biotechnology.

Andre DeHon, professor in Electrical and Systems Engineering, has been named an ACM fellow for "contributions to architecture exploration and design automation of spatially programmable computing fabrics, especially FPGAs [field programmable gate arrays]." DeHon broadly focuses on nano research, in which he ventures into the atomic scale to build computer systems.

A study led by Lee Bassett, assistant professor in Electrical and Systems Engineering, has advanced the development of quantum computing technology by demonstrating a new hardware platform based on isolated electron spins in a two-dimensional material.

Penn Engineering is now on Medium. Follow the blog to stay up-to-date on the latest research coming out of Penn Engineering labs — from bio-inspired robots, to gun-violence-tracking databases, to catalysts for green energy — and to hear from students as they work on projects locally, nationally and around the world.

Penn Engineering is now on Medium. Follow the blog to stay up-to-date on the latest research coming out of Penn Engineering labs — from bio-inspired robots, to gun-violence-tracking databases, to catalysts for green energy — and to hear from students as they work on projects locally, nationally and around the world.

Penn Engineering is now on Medium. Follow the blog to stay up-to-date on the latest research coming out of Penn Engineering labs — from bio-inspired robots, to gun-violence-tracking databases, to catalysts for green energy — and to hear from students as they work on projects locally, nationally and around the world.